Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
National Language
China, Taiwan
Philippines
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
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Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Kamusta
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Salamat po
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Magandang umaga po
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Philippines
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Tagalog
Alternative Names
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Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
chinois
tagalog
German Name
Chinesisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Han
Tagalog people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Filipino
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
taga1269
Linguasphere
79-AAA
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Tagalog Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Tagalog language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Chinese vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Tagalog Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.